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Lot 441
Sale 6370 - The Collected Library
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Nov 26, 2025
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Dec 11, 2025
Timed Online / Philadelphia
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[Science, Medicine & Mathmatics] 'S Gravesande, Willem Jacob. An Explanation of the Newtonian Philosophy in Lectures Read to the Youth of the University of Leyden
London: Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, 1735. First English edition. 8vo (201 x 114 mm). 17 folding plates. Contemporary full calf, rebacked with original spine laid-on, rubbing; creasing with some minor marginal wear.
An Explanation of the Newtonian Philosophy... was first published in Leiden in 1720 and is credited with laying the foundations for the teaching of Newtonian mechanics through demonstrations.
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